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I'm Living With Heaven In Mind
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Southern gospel, christian music, evangelist, songwriter, singer, country
Adkins has been singing gospel music since 1972and has traveled over 1.2 million miles on the road and over half a million in the air. He is a Grammy nominee and three-time Dove award nominee. He performed on the million selling “Chicken Soup for the Country Soul” CD. There are over 4 million of his works in print. He has shared the stage or recordings with The Isaacs, The Bishops, Dolly Parton, The Wilburns, Alan Jackson, George Jones, The Cathedrals, Billy Ray Cyrus, Gold City, Vince Gill, Joe Diffie, J.D. Sumner and the Stamps and many more. Adkins is President of Music City Gospel in Nashville TN - his record label where he has produced J.D. Sumner and the Stamps and other groups. As a songwriter, he has had 145 songs recorded. Some have gone top 40, even top ten and been nominated for “Song of the Year”. As a record label executive, he has promoted number one songs, holds the historical record for 22 songs on the national charts in one month and was named “Promoter of the Year”. As a minister, he has been called the Pastor of Gospel Music and a friend to hurting people. As a preacher, he brings life changing messages- one pastor stated; “He had my people in the palm of God’s hand”. He has written syndicated columns for The Singing News, The Gospel Voice, Gospel Notes, Christian Youth Today and dozens of other publications. He has been at Thomas Road Baptist Church with Jerry Falwell, with Jack Van Impe, B.R. Lakin, G.B. Vick, Hyman Appelman and John R. Rice. His bout with Lymphoma Cancer, a terrible auto accident, the loss of his parents, 3 heart attacks, and his recovery are major influences in his life and ministry. He has varied but focused experience in his chosen field of music and ministry.
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Genre
Country • Christian Country
Charts
Peak #144
Peak in subgenre #28
Author
Dan Adkins
Rights
Chestnot Mound/BMI 1994
Uploaded
May 05, 2004
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MP3 2.1 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
I was sitting in a restaurant and couldn't help hearing a conversation at the next table. They brought up a man that was always witnessing to people. The loud one said, in a louder more southern drawl, "Yep! He's so heavenly minded- he's no earthly good." I thought, "I'd rather be that than to be so earthly minded that I was no heavenly good". I remember thinking that he would call this "Holy Joe" they ridiculed, very quickly if his kid was in the hospital or his wife got cancer. He knows who he could count on to care and to pray. So, I thought I'd write all that in a song.
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I'm Living With Heaven In Mind Dan Adkins Chestnot Mound/BMI 1994 Chorus I'm living with Heaven in mind It's the best way of living That you will ever find, Now, my head’s not in the clouds But I'm not ashamed, I'm proud To say I'm living with Heaven in mind. Verse 1 In this world we're so misunderstood They say we're so heavenly minded That we're no earthly good They say, "Just live for today" But, no matter what they say Still I'm living with heaven in mind. Chorus I'm living with Heaven in mind It's the best way of living That you will ever find, Now, my head’s not in the clouds But I'm not ashamed, I'm proud To say I'm living with Heaven in mind Verse 2 Heaven's hope is the message I bring 'Cause we're in the world, not of it It's a temporary thing And I want to make it clear That my home is not down here So I'm living with heaven in mind. Chorus I'm living with Heaven in mind It's the best way of living That you will ever find, Now, my head’s not in the clouds But I'm not ashamed, I'm proud To say I'm living with Heaven in mind
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